New NIKI album 'Buzz' out August 9th, 2024. Pre-order/pre-save: https://niki.lnk.to/Buzz NIKI tour dates & tickets: https://nikizefanya.com/ Official lyric video for "Before" by NIKI — out now: https://NIKI.lnk.to/Before LYRICS: You hid me in your dorm room It was Halloweekend, I just flew across the globe, 22 hours just to see you Just to barely fit on your twin-sized bed and talk about your cool new friend who I never met who you dated as soon as I left Carolina autumn It had been a year since I saw you, since we Ended it, had a year to grow into the girl you always wanted now we’re holding hands, as not quite friends, but not quite lovers, but we’ll just pretend You say “it’s complicated to make amends” Well is that the way that we’re headed then? And you couldn’t answer me Though you could pull me in while I brushed my teeth and let your hands both freely speak like I wasn’t ever gonna leave You were all I’d ever known And now I’m supposed to love you from a distance, like it’s nothing like its instant and youuuu say “let’s just see where this goes” And I don’t know how or why you seem just fine coz I’m having to grasp that you’re somehow not mine anymore It’s so cruel how things are only almost like they were before (ah ah ah) Like they were before (ah ah ah) Like they were before (ah ah ah) Like they were before We walk downtown and it’s charming You’re alarmingly disarming Yeah we’ve got 48 hours left before I fly back to my death while you stay just fine and feel alive South of the Mason-Dixon line where everyone closes shop at 9, where you could somehow finally find what you were desperately looking for Funny how you thought that was gonna be New York with our chalkboard walls and slanted floors Oh, we could’ve had that and so much more Ask your new lover what it’s like to be given a real fighting chance before you bid her good riddance Did anything ever really count or was I just a two-year practice round Youuuu were all I’d ever known And now I’m feeling stupid, you’re forbidden They say yeah we were something, too bad we were children Ooooh I don’t know where to go and I don’t know how or why you seem just fine coz I’m looking at you & God knows you’re not mine anymore It’s so cruel how things will never be the way they were before Like they were before It’s almost just like how it was before But it’s not anymore Subscribe to NIKI: https://NIKI.lnk.to/subscribe Follow NIKI http://instagram.com/nikizefanya http://twitter.com/nikizefanya http://facebook.com/nikizefanya https://www.tiktok.com/@niki Subscribe to 88rising http://88rising.lnk.to/subscribe Follow 88rising http://instagram.com/88rising http://twitter.com/88rising http://facebook.com/88rising Join the community https://discord.gg/88rising #NIKI #Nicole #Before